Students and benefits - an update
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
Event on
20 Nov 2025
Courses
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Personal independence payment - sensory impairment
This one-day standard level online course looks at tackling the challenges claiming Personal Independence Payment presents for people who are Deaf*, have a hearing impairment, a visual impairment or both.
Event on
9 Dec 2025
Students and benefits - eligibility
Many advisers work with students in both further and higher education. This standard level course explains the different benefits that further and higher education students can claim, in particular universal credit.
Event on
3 Feb 2026
Challenging personal independence payment decisions
This training course looks at how to ensure that a PIP revision or appeal should work to the best advantage of claimants.
Personal independence payment - claims to decisions
Personal independence payment (PIP) is a disability welfare benefit run by the Department for Work and Pensions. It is aimed at those starting a PIP claim aged between 16 to pension age.
Students and benefits - the basics
This course provides a basic overview of social security benefits, and which further and higher education students in Scotland might be able to claim them.